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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: bobnewboy on January 08, 2011, 08:51:58 pm

Title: My first Scandi style knife
Post by: bobnewboy on January 08, 2011, 08:51:58 pm

Hi All,

Following on from some gentle unintended prompting from Stan (Backgardenbowyer) last year, I bought a blade and made myself a Scandinavian style knife.  The blade is an Anssi 125 in hardened and tempered high carbon steel.  It has a rhombic/diamond shaped cross section which made it a swine to fit to the handle, but it is incredibly sharp and a great shape.  The handle is made up of brass, buffalo horn, brass, then alder root, brass and finally a large pommel of buff horn.  The finish is CCL knife oil kit.

I'm not completely happy with the sheath but it will be fine for now.  It is made from wet formed veg tanned 3mm leather with a skived, turned lip, and thick leather inserts in the blade area.  I gave it three coats of Fiebings leather dye in British Tan colour, and then rubbed it down with a bone folder.  The final finish was brown boot polish.

Hope you like it - it will be accompanying me to shoots from now on.

Title: Re: My first Scandi style knife
Post by: bobnewboy on January 08, 2011, 08:57:11 pm

few more.

Title: Re: My first Scandi style knife
Post by: bobnewboy on January 08, 2011, 09:00:23 pm

..and

Title: Re: My first Scandi style knife
Post by: bryan irwin on January 08, 2011, 09:16:36 pm

thats a nice knife i like it .

Title: Re: My first Scandi style knife
Post by: cracker on January 08, 2011, 09:55:17 pm

very nice work.

Title: Re: My first Scandi style knife
Post by: mullet on January 08, 2011, 11:27:38 pm

 Knife and Sheath, both are beautifull. Fine job with that combo.

Title: Re: My first Scandi style knife
Post by: NTD on January 09, 2011, 12:02:11 am

Gorgeous Knife!!!

Title: Re: My first Scandi style knife
Post by: medicinewheel on January 09, 2011, 04:27:10 am

Very nice knife, very nice sheath!
Would love to hear details on how the sheath was made!!!

Title: Re: My first Scandi style knife
Post by: TBod on January 09, 2011, 05:12:52 am

Very good! Alder rot,how is that  to work with? Looks about the same as curly grained Birch.

Title: Re: My first Scandi style knife
Post by: bobnewboy on January 09, 2011, 08:18:32 am

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the comments.  Tbod, the alder root is a nice figured wood, but I have found it a bit on the soft side and seems to mark easily - curly grained birch isnt very hard either, but I now think makes for a better handle.  Medicinewheel, I have another knife in progress, with a very hard wood handle (amboina burl) - I'll post a build along when I get to the sheath making.  I also have another small knife already finished, which I am now using as my leather cutter, I'll post that one later today.

Title: Re: My first Scandi style knife
Post by: medicinewheel on January 09, 2011, 11:59:29 am

Great, thanks!

Title: Re: My first Scandi style knife
Post by: Wolf Watcher on January 09, 2011, 12:45:27 pm

You have talent!  A/Ho Pokie

Title: Re: My first Scandi style knife
Post by: ErictheViking on January 09, 2011, 01:09:17 pm

dont know why your not happy with the sheath, it's very nice. knife is absolutely beautiful.  good job

Title: Re: My first Scandi style knife
Post by: swamp yeti on January 09, 2011, 02:15:31 pm

                           That is one awesome knife.

Title: Re: My first Scandi style knife
Post by: John K on January 09, 2011, 03:36:59 pm

Looks great ! What are the measurements ?

Title: Re: My first Scandi style knife
Post by: bobnewboy on January 09, 2011, 07:22:57 pm

Hi Guys,

Thanks again for the comments.  John, the knife has a 125mm / 5 inch working blade length, with a max width of 28mm / just over 1 inch.  The knife type is more for a drawing type cut than a push-type cut, but I think it gives great lines and a measure of that classic Scandi shape.  In the sheath the overall length is 240mm / 9.6 inches.

Eric, I'm not that disappointed with the sheath, but I think I could have done better.  There's always the next one.  ;D  It is a bit lumpy, and not as smooth as I had hoped, especially around the 'foot' or drain area.  I'm guessing this is because I used thick leather pieces to reinforce the blade area, whereas I perhaps should have used some better fitting and smoothed light wooden pieces, as I believe is more traditional.  My next knife is in glue up, and when it is made I'll try to do a stitch-along as it is done.

Title: Re: My first Scandi style knife
Post by: _Jon_ on January 09, 2011, 07:34:11 pm

Wow.  Now thats a nice one.

Title: Re: My first Scandi style knife
Post by: Autumnbear on January 09, 2011, 07:35:25 pm

Really nice. Nice job!!

Title: Re: My first Scandi style knife
Post by: Barrage on January 10, 2011, 09:24:30 pm

Very nice.  And effective looking.

Title: Re: My first Scandi style knife
Post by: PeteC on January 11, 2011, 01:33:22 pm

That's a great knife.Beautiful!!  God Bless

Title: Re: My first Scandi style knife
Post by: ohma on January 11, 2011, 03:58:22 pm

realy nice work on knife and sheath.

Title: Re: My first Scandi style knife
Post by: Sparrow on January 11, 2011, 10:16:34 pm

 Nice knife. Very beautiful work and materials. (I like the size too)  Thanks for sharing it.  '  Frank

Title: Re: My first Scandi style knife
Post by: Pappy on January 12, 2011, 08:16:15 am

Love that one,great work on the handle and sheath. That would make a great skinning knife,just about the right size. :)
   Pappy